All final plats must be in full accordance with the required certification made upon the plat by a registered land surveyor ascertaining that the plat presents a survey made by him and that all necessary monuments are accurately and correctly shown. The surveyor shall place such monuments as required by the city, including all benchmarks as specified by the city engineer, and they shall be set at all corners and angle points of the boundaries of the original tract to be subdivided and at all street intersections, angle points in street lines and points of curve, and at such intermediate points as shall be required by the city. Such monuments shall be of solid iron rods not less than one-half inch in diameter and three feet in length, driven securely into solid earth with the grades of same being at grade with established walk, or if walk is not established, flush with natural grade of the earth’s surface.
(Ordinance 2007-106, sec. 4.1, adopted 3/20/07)
After the foregoing procedure has been complied with and the preliminary plat has been approved by the city planning commission and after all required conditions have been met, the subdivider shall prepare and submit the following information to the city council, not less than ten days prior to the required posting notices for the next regularly scheduled city council meeting. If state statutes require a longer posting period for a required public hearing, then all information required to be submitted with the final plat must be turned into the city secretary ten days before the required public hearing posting.
(1) 
The final plat shall be prepared and bear the seal of a registered professional land surveyor. It shall be drawn in accordance with the associated preliminary plat. The final plat shall have accurate dimensions, both linear and angular, of all items on the plat. Linear dimensions shall be expressed in feet and decimals of a foot; angular dimensions may be shown by bearing.
(2) 
Three originals of the final plat shall be drawn on 20" × 24" positive Mylar and be reproduced by photographic process to scale from an accurate survey made on the ground.
(3) 
Twelve black or blue line copies of the positive Mylar originals of the final plat.
(4) 
One 11" × 17" black line or blue line copy of all originals.
(5) 
One Adobe Acrobat pdf electronic file of each of the pages presented to the city for review. The files may be submitted by e-mail or CD as long as they can be retrieved by the city with its present computer software.
(6) 
The final plat must meet all applicable subdivision design requirements, all applicable development standards requirements and be certified and sealed by a state-registered surveyor.
(7) 
The owner shall submit an affidavit that he has made no conveyance of any interest and that no additional liens are existing on the land within the plat since the date of the original title opinion or certification.
(8) 
Tax certificates shall accompany the final plat, indicating that all taxes have been paid.
(9) 
The owner, developer, or dedicator of any subdivision plat wherein public streets, alleys, or easements are shown crossing private easements or fee strips shall by letter to the city building official assume responsibility for seeing that any adjustments and protection of existing pipelines, or other facilities shall be planned and provided for to the satisfaction of the holder of the private easements or fee strips and the city attorney prior to the approval of the final plat by the city council and filing of the plat for record.
(Ordinance 2007-106, sec. 4.2, adopted 3/20/07)
The final plat shall include:
(1) 
The name of the subdivision, names and addresses of owners and/or subdividers, name and address of surveyor preparing plat, a legal description of the plat and the date of preparation or revision.
(2) 
North point, scale and key map insert.
(3) 
All certification statements, dedication restrictions and other inscriptions as required by this chapter must be included.
(4) 
All lots, blocks, streets, alleys, pipelines, fee strips, watercourses, easements, reserves and total area, number of lots and number of blocks. All lots and reserves must include the total acres and square foot notations.
(5) 
Street names, lot numbers, block numbers and alphabetical identification of reserves must be included.
(6) 
Setback lines.
All lots must contain front, rear or side setback lines.
(7) 
Utility easements.
All utility easements must be drawn with dimensions.
(8) 
Numbering.
Blocks are to be numbered consecutively within the overall development and must meet the following:
a. 
Lot numbering.
All lots are to be numbered consecutively within each block. Lot numbering may be cumulative throughout the subdivision if the numbering continues from block to block in a uniform manner that has been approved on an overall preliminary plat.
b. 
Reserves.
Reserves are to be labeled A, B, C, etc., rather than numbered as blocks and lots. This includes all land which is reserved for other purposes or future development.
(9) 
Streets and alleys.
Streets and alleys shall include the following:
a. 
Complete survey data shown on each side of streets and alleys and/or centerline.
b. 
The length and bearings of all tangents shall be noted.
c. 
Dimensions from all angle points of curve to an adjacent side lot line.
d. 
Actual width of all streets and alleys, measured at right angles or radially where curved.
(10) 
Bearings and dimensions.
Complete bearings and dimensions for front, rear, and side lot lines. The following note for side lot lines may be used in lieu of bearing: “All side lot lines are either perpendicular or radial to street frontage unless otherwise noted.”
(11) 
Total square footage per lot.
Every lot shall have the total square footage of the lot noted on each individual lot.
(12) 
Watercourses and easements.
Distance to be provided along the side lot lines from the front lot line to the point where the side line crosses the drainage easement line or the high bank of a stream. Traverse line shall be provided along the edge of all large watercourses on a convenient location, preferably along a utility easement if paralleling the drainage easement of a stream.
(13) 
Pipelines.
Pipelines having no defined easement location or width shall be tied by dimensions to all adjacent lot and tract corners. If no agreement can be reached on a defined easement, then building setback lines shall be shown at a distance of 20 feet from and parallel to the centerline of the pipeline.
(14) 
Tract boundaries.
The boundaries of the tract or tracts that the plat proposes to subdivide shall be shown with heavier solid lines. The boundaries of the plat shall be described with complete and overall dimensions and bearings and be tied to an original corner of the original survey of which the subdivision is a part.
(15) 
Existing data.
The location, width, and name of existing streets and subdivisions or property ownerships and the location and dimensions of existing lots, easements, pipelines, fee strips, survey lines, building lines, watercourses, or other important information shall be shown on all sides of the subdivision for a distance of not less than 200 feet. The lines of such indication beyond the plat boundary shall be dashed.
(Ordinance 2007-106, sec. 4.3, adopted 3/20/07)
Final plans and specifications for all required improvements with the subdivision, including water, sewer, paving, drainage, detention storage, lot grading, etc., shall be submitted with the final plat. Final plans shall include detail design of the aforementioned items and proposed alignment of other required utilities such as phone, TV cable, electrical, gas and internet cable. Proof of coordination with these other utilities shall also be required with plans and specification submittal. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) submittals for water and sewer improvements shall also be included with the final plans and specifications.
(Ordinance 2007-106, sec. 4.4, adopted 3/20/07)
(a) 
Upon receipt of all fees, positive Mylar originals and all required copies of the final plat and other required information, the city council shall render a decision thereon within 30 days from the filing date. Such decision may consist of approval, disapproval, or conditional approval. Reasons for disapproval or conditional approval shall be stated to the developer/subdivider in writing. Upon approval by the city council and provided that all conditions are met, the mayor shall within ten days thereafter sign the approved final plat and submit it to the city secretary for recording purposes.
(b) 
On approval of the plat, said plat being otherwise fully and properly endorsed, the mayor and city secretary shall certify in writing said approval. Upon payment of all filing fees by the developer the city shall then cause the plat to be filed for record.
(c) 
In no case shall the city council allow said plat to be approved and recorded until the city engineer has reviewed the plat and given his comments or recommendations.
(d) 
All fees, except impact or capital recovery fees, must be paid before the final plat will be filed for record with the county clerk’s office. Unless otherwise mandated by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code sec. 395.001 et seq., as amended, impact or capital recovery fees shall be paid and collected at the time of issuance of a building permit by the city.
(e) 
No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions shall be made on any plat of a subdivision or to any required instruments after approval has been given by the city council in writing, unless such change, modification, or revision is first submitted to and approved by the city council.
(Ordinance 2007-106, sec. 4.5, adopted 3/20/07; Ordinance 2007-106A, sec. 2, adopted 8/27/07)
Final approval will expire two years after the city council action granting approval of any plat unless the plat has been filed for record with the county clerk’s office.
(Ordinance 2007-106, sec. 4.6, adopted 3/20/07)